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#E8A00A

#e8a00a ≈ Marigold

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#e8a00a is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 90.98% red, 62.75% green and 3.92% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 31.03% magenta, 95.69% yellow and 9.02% black. Its hue angle is 40.54°, with 91.74% saturation and 47.45% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 9.46:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Marigold (#eaa221), ΔE 1.21.

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Web safe#ff9900
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Relative luminance0.4232

Complementary

  1. #e8a00a
  2. #0a52e8

Split complementary

  1. #e8a00a
  2. #0ac1e8
  3. #310ae8

Analogous

  1. #e8310a
  2. #e8a00a
  3. #c1e80a

Triadic

  1. #e8a00a
  2. #0ae8a0
  3. #a00ae8

Tetradic

  1. #e8a00a
  2. #52e80a
  3. #0a52e8
  4. #a00ae8

Square

  1. #e8a00a
  2. #0ae831
  3. #0a52e8
  4. #e80ac1

Monochromatic

  1. #553b04
  2. #9f6d07
  3. #e8a00a
  4. #f7be47
  5. #fad891

Shades

#e8a00a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #e8a00a
  2. #d19009
  3. #ba8008
  4. #a27007
  5. #8b6006
  6. #745005
  7. #5d4004
  8. #463003
  9. #2e2002
  10. #171001
  11. #000000

Tints

#e8a00a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #e8a00a
  2. #eaaa23
  3. #edb33b
  4. #efbd54
  5. #f1c66c
  6. #f4d085
  7. #f6d99d
  8. #f8e3b6
  9. #faecce
  10. #fdf6e7
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#e8a00a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #e8a00a
  2. #de9d16
  3. #d39a22
  4. #c9962d
  5. #be9339
  6. #b49045
  7. #aa8d51
  8. #9f8a5d
  9. #958668
  10. #8a8374
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.22:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 9.46:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #aeaeae ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c8a98a ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #baa400 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbb517 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #fd8d88 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #cea200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #d7ad13 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f5956c ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-e8a00a {
  color: #e8a00a;
}
Background
.bg-e8a00a {
  background-color: #e8a00a;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-e8a00a {
  border: 2px solid #e8a00a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #e8a00a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 232 160 10;
  --color-primary-hsl: 41 92% 47%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-e8a00a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #e8a00a, #c1e80a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-e8a00a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(232 160 10 / 0.35);
}

#eaa221 Marigold ΔE 1.21 #e49b0f Gamboge ΔE 1.59 #ffa500 Orange ΔE 4.58 #daa520 Goldenrod ΔE 4.76 #ff9f00 Orange Peel ΔE 5.63 #ffae42 Yellow Orange ΔE 6.19 #ffb347 Pastel Orange ΔE 6.32 #175ff5 Inverted #aeaeae Grayscale 

Marigold
#e8a00a  rgb(232, 160, 10)  hsl(41, 92%, 47%)  Marigold
#0a52e8  rgb(10, 82, 232)  hsl(221, 92%, 47%)  Sapphire
#0ae8a0  rgb(10, 232, 160)  hsl(161, 92%, 47%)  Medium Spring Green
#a00ae8  rgb(160, 10, 232)  hsl(281, 92%, 47%)  Vivid Violet